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The Swedish Minister of the Environment, Andreas Carlgren, suggests a further 50% capacity of carriage of passenger and cargo before 2020. According to Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet the Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in an earlier interview said that the suggestion was ”unrealistic”. That is the the hook from the newspaper Dagens Nyheter. The suggestions to increase the train capacity emanates from the Government Offices ”Klimatberedningen” (Climate Advisory Committee). According to the Minister of the Environment the increased train capacity would save another million tonnes of carbon dioxide. Well, that…